ENME741

Prerequisite: (ENCE302; or (ENME271 and ENME392)); and (MATH140 and MATH240). Or permission of instructor. Credit only granted for: ENME738, ENME741, or ENCE603. Formerly: ENME738. A survey of the fundamentals of operations research models and methods in engineering including: optimization using linear programming, nonlinear programming, integer programming, as well as equilibrium/game theory via mixed complementarity problems. Examples of specialized course items include: specifics of optimizing power and gas networks, discussion of other network optimization problems, resource-constrained problems, two-level optimization as an example of mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) programming problems as well as algorithms to solve the above types of problems." Jointly offered with ENRE689E. Additional note: For Fall 2018 credit is only granted for ENME738, ENME741, ENRE808E, ENCE603. Formerly: ENME738.